Wireless Joint

Adm1jtg wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:07 pm I havent read the entire thread but when you said your verizon plan didnt work out... did you try a visible plan?

No, still using AT&T for now. No other towers close enough to try.

Just for giggles, did you try aiming in all 360 degrees, 10-20 degrees at a time, to see if you can capture any mystery towers? Its sometimes surprising. oh, I did. I tried a lot of weird angles, directions etc... I'm sure it probably isn't unique to this router, but I can log into it with my phone...

Update: Since Verizon isn't working out with the data plan, I took some suggestions and tried AT&T. I left the antenna in the same spot to start with. Verizon and AT&T share the same tower so I thought signal would be about the same, but AT&T was a little weaker. So, I moved the antenna ...

Based on your statement "It cost $20 a month, 15g limit.", assuming that's a total data allowance per month not just hotspot data, there's no way to bypass that limit with any hacks on the router. As an additional test, go to the web browser on your phone and try to go to a couple of diff...

That's ok, it should at least allow you to go online, use the Chrome browser on your phone to go to a couple of different websites. Course before doing that, make sure you have set up the APN correctly. What kind of "data only" Verizon plan do you have, is it some kind of business/corpora...

In order to avoid wasting time, test your sim inside a phone to see if you can still call and go online on the phone's browser. If it doesn't work on a phone then there's a much bigger issue than just your hotspot data. If the data works on your phone and you've tried all the TTL settings on the ro...

The best way to test the TTL values, is after having used up ALL your included hotspot data. While you still have some data left, it's next to impossible to tell if the settings have any affect or not. Regardless of the the Verizon warning, if it's set up properly, you should be able to continue us...

Giving it a try, Thank you.

JimHelms wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:12 am Are you getting an IPV6 address?

No.
I found this setting to enable/disable.

JimHelms wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:40 am I would test 1117 and see it there is any change.

When you go under the FIREWALL TAB, is there another tab for CUSTOM RULES?

yes, there is.
Can you tell me exactly how to add it please?
Thank you.

Are you using custom TTL rules in the firmware settings? This may help to overcome the hotspot limitation. No, I didn't put anything in. I did read before I purchased the MOFI that the "ISP TTL" was set to "Linux-2 65" by default and that was suppose to overcome the hotspot data...

Do you know exactly where the towers are located in reference to your location? yes, I know exactly where they are. Generally, a bad ideal to install antennas where the signals are having to cross a roof-especially a metal one-to hit the antennas. The roof can reflect the signals and change its pol...

BillA wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 1:16 am What's the distance you had to bridge with the PTP box?

I am running this one only about 200 feet to my house where I have another M2, which is connected to a switch where I have multiple devices connected in the house.

If I remember right, band 13 is like the flagship band for Verizon, aka congestion city. Are there other bands available? 2, 4/66, 5? yes, band 2, but it was -122. I was wondering, what's that white box in the middle of the mast? Since I don't see the antenna cables running into it... dying to find...

I got the antennas installed. After adjusting them I found that the signal strength did not change much until I aimed them at a different tower , also 6 miles away and same band. I never tried aiming the other antenna at this one because the direction would cause the antennas to be partially blocked...

Thanks for the links.
Placed my order today
I went ahead and purchased two new antennas to be certain they were same.
I will post results when I get them installed.

I would like to purchase from The Wireless Haven so some links would be great if possible.
I do plan to have the MOFI within 15' of the antennas.
Not sure if I need the low loss cables or not.
Thanks for the help!

Hey WallyC, welcome to the forum! MIMO is the way to go when dealing with LTE. But, the tower controls most everything, including the bandwidth to your device. Unless you do band locking, then the tower also controls what band(s) is served to you. Without a MIMO setup, you will never experience hig...

I have a Verizon tower (band 13) 6 miles away, relatively flat land in between. I currently have one external Wideband Directional Antenna 700-2700 MHz and I the best I get is get 3 bars (-99) on my router. I am wanting to build a better antenna setup so I am trying to understand this MIMO thing. I ...